Photographic Studies of Mode and Polarization Phenomena in Ruby Lasers

C. M. Stickley, D. W. Lipke, T. J. Healey

Results of high-speed photographic studies of mode patterns and output polarization of ruby lasers using the STL image-converter camera are discussed. High optical quality ruby rods produce complex mode patterns in every spike and they may change within a spike. These patterns are always located in the center of the rod. A similar study using the STL camera of a ruby rod with the c axis at 1.8° to the rod axis shows that it does emit with a preferential polarization.

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1963-07
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Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J06151